The number of Finnish billionaires per capita is roughly half of the United States. In exchange, their society gets universal healthcare, practically zero homelessness and an opioid death rate that is 4x lower than the US.
Seems like a good trade, to me!
Reposted from Matt Thrower
The average tax rate in Finland is 42%.

This is not a criticism: but I think it's important to know the trade-off for a modern, world-class welfare state.

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